Indian Anti-Nuclear Protesters Will Not Be Deterred

The 40-year-old ayurvedic doctor has been at the forefront of protests against India's burgeoning nuclear power industry since plans to erase his village of Mithgavane, and five others like it, in favour of a massive six-reactor nuclear plant were announced in 2005.

But the protests, originally born of a not-in-my-backyard mentality, have gained new currency after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

India is questioning its nuclear future. The country has a serious, and worsening energy shortfall. Already demand outstrips supply by more than 10 per cent, and more than 400 million people live without any electricity. Read the full report here.

Source: Ben Doherty, The Sunday Morning Herald, New Delhi.